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[–]Lesbianese 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Pandering.

Netflix seems to be willing to host anything that doesn't offend minorities (Cuties, which ironically offended everyone) and they know adding a gay character is going to substantially increase their views. Especially now that anyone can be gay or lesbian in the mainstream movement, then you've still got the straight women and men who get off on same sex couples (not talking about the ones that call themselves "queer"). Oh, and all of the publicity they get from being included in those BuzzFeed-like tier lists and articles

Best LGBTQIA+ shows in 2020!

Jimble comes out as queer in latest Fashion Times episode!

Susie N. Calgary perfectly captures what it's like to grow up LGBTQIA+ in new Netflix original series "Purple October"

/check article

/character is specifically gay or lesbian

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's always "LGBTQIA" yet I've never seen an actual intersex character, ever. The closest thing was a Steven Universe being called "intersex" in a promo/ad short, because the creator thought it meant "both sexes" and not a medical condition.

Thrown under the bus, fetishized, and forgotten, but still added to the acronym anyway. Thanks LGBTQ, very cool.

[–]lostinreverieMy ovaries are transphobic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My favourite story of all time is a visual novel called The House in Fata Morgana, which features an intersex character (handled very well, alongside a host of sensitive topics). Unfortunately, the woke crowd insists on labelling him as trans. No surprises there.

That is the only example of an intersex character I’ve ever encountered, though. (Let’s not talk about futas.)